Monday, May 22, 2006

Tomorrow, 2006-05-23, the Isle of Man Post Office will issue a set of six commemorative stamps celebrating Manx links with Washington, D.C.

Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, was a son of Manx immigrants. His portrait appeared on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine on the day he retired from political office, 1923-03-03.

Journalist Mary Clemmer, daughter of a Manx mother, who coined the term "First Lady."